Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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The 2000 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics started on 13 September. The men's tournament is played by U-23 (under 23 years old) national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad. Article 1 of the tournament regulations states: "The Tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams."[1]
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 Football pictogram for the 2000 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| Games | 2000 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host country | Australia | ||||||||
| Dates | 13–30 September 2000 | ||||||||
| Venues | 6 (in 5 host cities) | ||||||||
| Competitors | 391 from 20 nations | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) | ||||||||
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| Women's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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← 1996 2004 → | |||||||||
Location map of host suburbs in Sydney. |
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| Sydney | Canberra | Adelaide | Brisbane | Melbourne | |||
| Olympic Stadium | Sydney Football Stadium | Bruce Stadium | Hindmarsh Stadium* | Brisbane Cricket Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||
| Capacity: 110,000 | Capacity: 43,000 | Capacity: 25,011 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 98,000 | ||
| 33°50′50″S 151°3′48″E | 33°53′21″S 151°13′31″E | 35°15′0″S 149°6′10″E | 34°54′27″S 138°34′8″E | 27°29′9″S 153°2′17″E | 37°49′12″S 144°59′0″E | ||
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* Hindmarsh Stadium only used during the Men's tournament. Temporary seating was added for the games. Olympic Stadium only used during the Men's tournament final.
| P | Preliminaries | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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